#55CBE1#55CBE1

#55CBE1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.109 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBE1
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 225)
HSL	hsl(189, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 9.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -26.50, -20.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 33.68, 218.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.0925 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.109 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6872, 50.0753, 78.8462)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBE1 #E16B55

analogous

#55E1B1 #55CBE1 #5585E1

triadic

#55CBE1 #E155CB #CBE155

tetradic

#55CBE1 #B155E1 #E16B55 #85E155

square

#55CBE1 #B155E1 #E16B55 #85E155

split-complementary

#55CBE1 #E15585 #E1B155

monochromatic

#1C8B9F #25B8D3 #55CBE1 #89DBEA #BDEBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#55CBE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#55CBE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBE1

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBE1	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC4E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.109 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dbea',
    500: '#55cbe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbe1;
$custom-light: #93dbea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.429,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78375,
    "c": 0.109,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBE1

secondary

#A34838

accent

#3114D2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FBFD

border

#CFD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBE1

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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